Establishes the accessory dwelling unit grant program under the Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide grants to eligible homeowners for development costs and certain closing costs associated with the construction of an accessory dwelling unit. Establishes and appropriates funds into and out of the accessory dwelling unit grant revolving fund.
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Amends the deadlines related to the repair of conditions that constitute health or safety violations and the payment of past due rent. Increases the amount deducted from a tenant's rent for the tenant's actual expenditures to correct health or safety violations and defective conditions.
Establishes the offense of unlawful assembly or disassembly of a bicycle or moped on public property.
Requires a landlord to accept either rental security insurance or security deposit installment payments in lieu of a traditional security deposit, upon a tenant's request.
Establishes heightened penalties for the assault and terroristic threatening of health care workers. Clarifies the definition of "terroristic threatening" to include the methods of contact.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the thirty-second representative district.
Clarifies that powers granted for emergency purposes shall not be inconsistent with the state constitution. Clarifies that emergency powers shall not be used to address issues arising out of existing economic pressures. Provides for greater clarity and specificity regarding the scope of suspensions of law. Authorizes the Governor to require the counties to obtain approval before issuing any emergency order, rule, or proclamation. Clarifies the legal framework governing the extension and termination of emergency periods. Allows the Legislature to terminate a state of emergency or local state of emergency. Clarifies that the Governor may re-declare a state of emergency that has been terminated. Specifies when certain prohibitions during an emergency or a severe warning expire. Defines "severe warning".
Repeals language requiring the Procurement Policy Board to adopt rules regarding differing site conditions. Requires every construction contract to include a clause that requires the procurement officer to investigate the site conditions and modify the contract in writing if differing site conditions exist.
Requires schools maintain AEDs for all sporting events. Mandates AED and CPR training for certain school officials. Appropriates funds exceeding the expenditure ceiling.
Requires a protest to be submitted within seven calendar days after the posting of award of the contract. Establishes that a party is not aggrieved until official action, adverse to that party, has been taken. Amends the minimum per cent value of a contract required for parties to a protest of an award to initiate proceedings from ten per cent to five per cent.